Anna Jane ALLUM

  General Notes:

Photo: Anna Jane (Allum) Fowler was the fifth child and youngest daughter of John Allum and Nancy Wallace, their last child born in Greene County, Pennsylvania prior to migrating to Belmont County, Ohio. (A younger brother, Albert, was born in Ohio.) In her widower father's household in Ohio in 1900, "Jennie" was a telephone operator. She became the wife of Edward Fowler in 1905, giving birth to a son, John Edward Fowler, in 1906. Widowed in 1935, she lived for two decades more and was the last of her five siblings to pass on.

Individual image created by DeeAnna Allum Granston from the family group photo from James Homer Fry (1919-2000), grandson of Isaac and Louisa (Allum) Fry



1871 BIRTH of Anna Jane Allum ("Jane," "Janie" and "Jennie")

1873 MOVE with parents from Greene County, Pennsylvania to Belmont County, Ohio

1880 CENSUS, Ohio, Belmont County, Bellaire ("Annie J.," age 8, with parents)

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1892 WHEELING REGISTER, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, August 5:

"Miss Jennie Allum has returned from a visit to friends at Waynesburg, Pa."

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1896 WHEELING REGISTER, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, December 8:

"Miss Jennie Allum, of the First ward, is assisting John Zweiz in his general household supply store."

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1900 CENSUS, Ohio, Belmont County, Pultney Township, Bellaire ("Anna," age 29, born "November, 1871 in Pennsylvania," occupation, "Telephone operator," with parents) ("Anna" is in the census but is incorrectly transcribed "Alma" in some census indexes)

1902 DEATH of mother, Nancy (Wallace) Allum

1905 MARRIAGE of Anna Jane Allum and Edward Fowler on April 3 in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia by S. Westhafer

Anna is documented "Jennie" on her State of West Virginia marriage record

1910 CENSUS, West Virginia, Taylor County, Grafton ("Edward," age 31, "Clerk, Railroad Office") (wife "Jenne," age 36) (in the household is the couple's son, "John E.," age 4) ("Jennie" is shown as the mother of 1 child, 1 child living in the year 1910; she and Edward had been married 5 years) ("Fowler" is transcribed "Fansler" in some census indexes)

1920 CENSUS, Ohio, Belmont County, Pultney Township, Bellaire ("Anna," age 48, and her husband "Edward," age 48, "Clerk, Railroad," are in the household of Anna's widower father, John "Allums," age 80) (According to the 1920 census, Edward was born in England and emigrated from England to America in 1893)

1927 DEATH of father, John Allum 2nd

1930 CENSUS, Ohio, Belmont County, Pultney Township, Bellaire ("Anna J.," age 58, is in the household of her sister, "Olive M. Allum," age 59; also in the household are Anna's son, "John E. Fowler," age 23, "Shipping Clerk, Enamel Plant," and Anna's brother, "Albert Allum," age 53, "Production Clerk," Enamel Plant")

1935 DEATH of husband, Edward Fowler, at approximately 63 years

Edward is in Block E, Lot 53, Grave 02, on the overall plot purchased by his father-in-law, John Allum. His funeral home was MELLOTT.

1956 DEATH, Anna Jane (Allum) Fowler, at approximately 85 years

Anna is in Block E, Lot 53, Grave 01-A on the overall plot purchased by her father, John Allum. Her funeral home was DEAN.




Page created June, 2009 ~ Updated September, 2009

Anna married Edward FOWLER on April 3, 1905 in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. (Edward FOWLER was born about 1872 in England, died in May 1935 and was buried on May 15, 1935 in Greenwood (aka Rose Hill-Greenwood) Cemetery, Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio.)